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| Prison staff to front up to managers |
| By Stuff.co.nz |
| Published: 03/12/2009 |
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Corrections Department executives will front up to a meeting with disgruntled Auckland prison staff next week, a prison officers union says. Corrections Association president Beven Hanlon said talks yesterday between union officials, the department's northern regional manager, Warren Cummins, and members of his management team agreed on the face-to-face meeting. Disgruntled prison staff at Auckland Prison on Tuesday passed a vote of no confidence in management over staff health and safety. Mr Hanlon said managers seemed to feel the matter was a "union beat-up" and that staff were not really concerned, but agreed to talk to workers at next week's meeting. "It's quite brave of them," he said. One issue worrying union members was a practice of not adequately filling in shifts when workers called in sick. This saved money, but because prisons were already staffed at the minimum safe levels, increased the risk of things going wrong – such as assaults on staff or prisoners. But Mr Cummins said yesterday the safety of staff was a key concern for the department. Yesterday's meeting was an opportunity for management to have the chance to listen to and discuss the issues raised by the union, he said. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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